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Tha  imagat  appaaring  hara  ara  tha  bast  quality 
possibia  considarjng  tha  condition  and  lagibility 
of  tha  original  copy  and  in  kaaping  with  tha 
filming  contract  spacifications. 


Original  copias  in  printad  papar  covars  ara  filmad 
baginning  with  tha  front  covar  and  anding  on 
tha  last  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impraa- 
sion,  or  tha  back  covar  whan  appropriata.  All 
othar  original  copias  ara  filmad  baginning  on  tha 
first  paga  with  a  printad  or  illustratad  impras- 
sion,  and  anding  on  tha  last  paga  with  a  printad 
or  illustratad  imprassion. 


Tha  last  racordad  frama  on  aach  microficha 
shall  contain  tha  symbol  ^^  (moaning  "CON- 
TINUED"), or  tha  symbol  ▼  (moaning  "END"), 
whichavar  appiias. 

Maps,  platas,  charts,  ate,  may  ba  filmad  at 
diffarant  raduction  ratios.  Thosa  too  larga  to  ba 
antiraly  includad  in  ona  axposura  ara  filmad 
baginning  in  tha  uppar  laft  hand  cornar,  laft  to 
right  and  top  to  bottom,  as  many  framas  as 
raquirad.  Tha  following  diagrams  illustrata  tha 
mathod: 


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1  2 

4  5 


L'axamplair*  filmA  fut  raproduit  grlc*  k  la 
g*n4rosit*  da: 

Bibllotheque  natlonale  du  Canada 


Las  imagat  suivantat  ont  tti  raproduitas  avac  la 
plus  grand  soin,  compta  tanu  da  la  condition  at 
da  la  nanaia  da  I'axamplaira  filma.  at  an 
conformita  avac  laa  conditiona  du  contrat  da 
fitmaga. 

Laa  axamplairaa  originaux  dont  la  couvartu  ra  an 
papiar  aat  imprimaa  sent  filmis  an  commandant 
par  la  pramiar  plat  at  an  tarminant  soit  par  la 
darniira  paga  qui  comparta  una  amprainta 
d'imprassion  ou  d'illustration,  soit  par  la  sacond 
plat,  salon  la  cas.  Tous  las  autras  axamplairaa 
originaux  sont  filmia  an  commandant  par  la 
pramiara  paga  qui  comporta  una  amprainta 
d'impraasion  ou  d'illustration  at  an  tarminant  par 
la  darniira  paga  qui  cctnporta  una  talla 
amprainta. 

Un  das  symbolaa  suivants  apparaitra  sur  la 
darniira  imaga  da  chaqua  microficha.  salon  la 
cas:  la  symbola  «»>signifia  "A  SUIVRE",  le 
symbola  ▼  aignifia  "FIN". 

Laa  cartaa,  planchaa.  tablaaux.  ate.  pauvant  etre 
filmis  A  das  taux  da  raduction  diffArants. 
Lorsqua  la  documant  ast  trop  grand  pour  atra 
raproduit  tn  un  saul  clichA.  il  ast  filma  i  partir 
da  I'angla  supAriaur  gaucha.  da  gaucha  i  droita. 
at  da  haut  an  baa.  an  pranant  la  nombra 
d'imagaa  nicassaira.  Las  diagrammas  suivants 
illuatrant  la  mathoda. 


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5 

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MICBOCOWf   RESOLUTION   TKT   CHART 

(ANSI  and  ISO  TEST  CHART  No.  2) 


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AN  AD 

DEJ.IVE] 

E.  M.  MacD 


At  Chicago,  Nov 


Nearly  a  thousand  Scots  and  their 
friends  filled  the  gold  room  of  tl  e 
Congress  hotel,  Chicago,  on  the  even- 
ing of  Tuesday,  November  30th,  on 
the  occasion  of  the  70th  St.  Andrew's 
day  banquet,  under  the  auspices  of 
the  Illinois  St.  Andrew  society. 

"Distinguished  men  from  both  sides 
of  the  boundary,"  says  The  Canadian 
American,  "grace:!  the  speaker's  table, 
and  contributed  to  a  flow  of  oratory 
tbat  for  fluency  and  sparkle  has  sel- 


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A.DDRESS  ^ 

J.IVERED   BY  /  ^^ 

icDonald,  M.  P.,  " 


November  30,  J9J5. 


their 
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sides 
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table, 
atory 
i  sel- 


dom been  equalled  at  any  British-Am- 
erican function.  Here  were  seated 
folk  of  national  repute  like  Hon. 
Joseph  G.  Cannon,  veteran  ex-speaker 
of  the  house  of  representatives;  Hon. 
Richard  D.  Waugh,  mayor  of  Winni- 
peg; Hon.  t:.  M.  Maedonald,  of  Pictou, 
•Nova  Scotia;  Hon.  -Colin  McRat 
Selph,  postmaster  of  St.  Louis;  Hon. 
.Tames  Schermerhorn.  editor  of  tb*» 
Detroit  Times,  and  Hon.  William  Hale 
Thompson,  mayor  of  Chicago." 


A  whirlwind  of  cheering  and  ap- 
^^^^pUuBe  ghook  the  banquet  hall,  when 
at  a  dramatics  moment  the  chief  mag- 
JstrateH  of  chkago  and  Winnipeg 
Hlioo :  handH  a.roH8  the  table  In  token 
of  the  mutual  good  will  and  fraternity 
that  have  never  been  so  strong  as  to- 
day In  the  minds  of  the  citizens  of  do- 
minion and  ripubllc. 


Toastmaeter    Sclph    In    Introducing 
the  orator  from  Nova  Scotia  said 

now'saldTh„n'H''^  """«  '"  y""  J"«t 
now  said  that  I  had  made  a  rollKlouH 

society  out  of  you  tonlpht:  he  accS 

"•«°' relying  upon  the  BlWo*   Wcll 

<f  I  dli.  r  told  the  truth,  bec^nuso  I  o 

ma-^e  ycu   both   laurh   and  crj^^'aid 

rtolh.r."""*'  •'^''"  "•""•   R^trolt.  can 
'o  that  to  n  man  In  Chicpgo.  It  iL  iro 

'3'"  now  and  go  a  little  further 
norJi  from  Detroit;  we  will  s„  ln».. 
tlio  Old  Dominion.  I  pfes^m  to 
you     tonight,     gentlemen,     the     HoJ- 

mpth  ^^'''^''^  M.  M^cdonald  a 
member  of  parliament  of  the  Old  Do- 
minion In  addition  to  that  d  stln^- 
uishe  1  honor  he  beam  th.t  of  honorafv 
ieutenant  colonel  of  the  78th  Hleh- 
lanr'ers.    There  Is  a  bond  of  synpafhy 

The'  nffol'rf  ''''  O"*  DomirS  and 
in^h  fl.^'''*^''  ^^f'  't  is  exemplified 
lave  tho'h"^"*'''^^^  gentleman  ?  now 
?Arplause'r°''  °'  '^''^^^''''^^  '°  ^O"- 
Mr.  Macdona  J.  who  v/as  received 
with  immense  applause  and  cheering 
spoke  as  follows: 


that  I  should  mention  to  you  the  fact 
that  I  am  a  Scotchmau.  You  would 
not  recognize  It  by  my  voire  as  vou 
would  by  the  voice  of  my  fri'end.  ^he 
Mayor  of  Winnipeg,  becaurc  thero  iS 

.h  !  .'i.'""'."""  *"*"'«  **"♦"''  never  falls 
hat  the  lowland  Scotchman  bears  the 
Impress  of  the  motherland  by  the  burr 
of  his  tongue  which  will  always  be 
recognized.     You   would  know  that  I 

donald  who  hns  not  been  a  Scotchman; 
h  we  who  aM-  of  the  Highland  race 
flM.M.  of  us  who  cher-sh  the  ancestry 
of  the  men  who  lived  in  the  barren 
western  highlands,  we  by  some  In" 
rcrutable  rule  of  Providence  are  not 
able  to  carry  with  us  the  impress  of 
the  mother  tongue  as  .'o  the  men  who 
are  the  lowlandcrs.  And  I  come  to 
you  tc night  .IS  n  representative  of 
many  men  who:^e  fathers  in  the  olden 

Iffn!.  '2"*IV "''  ^"""'^  Pi-^nt^e  t:harlle 
"hen  Scotland  was  at  war  for  Scot- 
land 8  sake. 


Mr   Toastmaster,  gentlemen,  fellow- 
nieht^s?o^     "^^  ""*  ^""'y  to'you  to- 

Ke  St  Ann'^'^'^o*".  *^«  gentlemen 
or  the  St.  Andrew  Society  of  Chlcaen 

fZ  JrMf^P  ^°^  ^'"'^e'-e  thanSs  fo? 
mf  fn^*'J!°°°'"  ^^*^h  they  have  paid 
fmJ  ♦h^"'^"!u"'''  ^«  ^  brother  Scot 
from  the  northern  half  of  this  contin- 

fhio  r°  ^i*""®  ''^'■^  *"n*8ht  to  Join  in 
this  festive  gathering  and  to  enjoy 
this  splendid  banquet.  I  am  sure  that 
every  one  of  us  up  to  this  moment  has 
enjoyed  every  second  of  this  nigK 
festivity;  and  I  want  to  say  to  you 
that  after  hearing  the  eloquent  speech" 
es  from  my  friend,  the  Mo.yor  of  w^J 
n.peg.  and  the  dlstinguiched  journal- 
ist from  Detroit.  I  think  It  is  but  rlSt 


From  New  Scotland. 

tJr  'i'^'".  V'  ^"'i  ^''°"   «   part  "'  the 
fair  Dominion  of  Canada,  to  which   I 

am  NO  proud  to  belong,  which  bears 
a  spec.al  cJistlnction  in  commemo- 
ration of  the  old  la  Id.  that  far-away 
place,  three  ('ays'  journey  from  here, 
the  most  eastern  part  of  this  contin- 
ent,—New  Scotland.  Nova  Scotia  I 
come  from  a  portion  of  that  fair  do- 
minion where  came  the  men  who  so 
many   years   ago   fought   for  the   lost 

hV^f^',  ^^^  "^"  '^•'o  '^ere  inspired 
by  their  devotion  to  the  Stuart  family 
and  who  In  the  great  di^ys  long  since 
gone  once  governed  Scotland.  And 
I  am  glad  to  say  to  you  that  I  see 

rLi  "^°i  "®  **  t'^'s  gathering  a 
representative  of  the  clan.  They  came 
to  this;^  new  Scotland  and  they  have 
through  all  the  Intervening  years  pre- 
served their  devotion  to  the  language, 
to  the  mstitutions.  to  the  story  and  the 
^entiment    which    has   dominated    the 

fr!l.J^l"^/^''^i  ^"'^  they  cherish  it 
today,  just  as  they  did  one  hundred  and 
nrty  years  ago.  because  in  that  new 
Scotland  we  are  proud  of  the  fact  that 
there  are  more  Highlanders  today  than 
there  are  to  be  found  in  old  Scotland 
between  John  O'Groats  and  Oban. 

UepreMcntN  Cunadian  Scots. 
I  come  to  you  not  as  my  friend  the 


*' 


. 


Mayor  of  Winnipeg  iloeH.  from  MelroRc 
Miltcy.  with  ali   Its  illstlnKUlshod  IiIk- 
tory    and    Uh     wealth    of    wonderful 
stories,  but  I  come  to  you  as  the  reo- 
re«eiitatlve  of  the  Highlanders  of  Can- 
a'.a.  on   behalf  of  forty-five  thounan' 
Scots— and  representing,  as  I  bellivc 
iiiore  Scotchmen  than  any  other  man 
In  the  Parliament  of  the  Dominion     I 
want  to  Eay  to  you  that  I  represent 
my  friend.  John  Crcrar;  you  all  k-""- 
hfm.    Crerar    belongs    to    the    wronsr 
H  'e  of  politics.     The  good  old   con- 
stituency of  Plctou  has  done  me  the 
honor  of  electing  mo  to  represent  It 
In  the  legislative  halls  of  my  country 
for    nineteen    years,    and    I    perhaps 
misrepresent  Crerar  in  Ottawa.     But 
1  am  here  largely  on  account  of  the 
f.'ct.    I   feel   sure,   that   this   old    Pic- 
tonian  friend  of  mine  was  good  enough 
to  suggest  to  you  Scotchmen  of  Chi- 
cago that  the  representative  of  his  old 
home  constituency,    being    a    Scotch- 
man, might  be  asked  to  join  you  in 
celebrating  St.  Andrew's  Day. 

Million  Men  From  Laud  of  Heather. 

I  come  to  you  representing  not  only 
that   part   of  the   fair   dominion,   but 
representing  one  million  sons  of  the 
old  land,  of  the  men  who  came  from 
the  land  of  the  heath  anrt  the  heather 
and  wht   in  our  land  of  lae  mountain 
and  the     ike  and  the  land  of  rushing 
river  cherish  with  the  same  devotion 
as  you.  the  sons  of  that  same  old  land 
M  fi'  *!?f  ^■'adltions.  all  the  romance, 
all  the  history,  the  song  and  the  in- 
spiration    which     has     carried     the 
Scotchman    to    success    wherever    he 
has  gone  throughout  this  wide  world 
And  coming  here  as  I  do  to  you  to- 
n<ght.  an'l  speakinp.  as  I  em  asked  to 
do,  to  this  toast  of  our  dominion   to 
the  north.  I  am  proud  to  say  to  you 
that  the  Scotchmen   in  Canada  have 
always  borne  a  foremost  place  In  the 
forty-eight  years  of  our  national  hls- 
story. 

Macdonald  I'lrst  Premier. 

During  twenty-nine  years  of  that 
time  Scotchmen  have  ruled  In  Canada. 
The  first  great  premier  of  our  country 
was  a  MacDonald;  he  laid  the  founda- 
tions of  our  future;  broad  and  strong 
are  those  foundations  and  upon  them 
we  look  forward  with  confidence  and 
certainty  to  the  future  of  our  destiny 
Following  him  was  MacKenzic,  a 
Highlander,  too;  and  then  again  was 


^m^son.  like  the  nan.e  of  your  Rood 
niayor.  I  aitkod  your  good  mayor  t..- 
ntght  whether  he  was  a  Scucnmcn;  I 
told  hfm  there  was  a  song  we  had. 
which  you  all  know  about  Jock 
Taompson  s  bairns,  and  I  caid  to  him 

.at  ■•omov.her.  in  his  genealogy  he 
must  trace  his  anco;;try  back  there. 

There  are  a  groat  many  delunions 
in  regard  to  the  (luoctlon  of  the  free- 

J.'i'if  /'■'m.''""''"'""  "'  "»'•«•  and  to 
u.ilch   I   will   refer  later,  but  for  the 

111  -ment  I  want  to  emphasize  the  fact 

I  lat  the  premier  of  our  dominion,  the 

leader   of   the   political    party   of   the 

uay,  governs  the  country  and  is  the 

representative   for  the   time   being  in 

tlie  fullest  degree  of  the  free  people 

in  our  country. 

2i»th  Century  Is  Canada's. 

One  of  our  great  .statecmen.  in  pay- 
ing a  tribute  to  this  great  nation  to 
N\hich  you  are  so  proud  to  belong, 
spoke  of  the  fact  that  the  nineteenth 
century  was  the  century  of  the  United 
tjtates  on  this  continent,  but  that  the 
twentieth  century  was  Canada's  cen- 
tury And  I  want  you  gentlemen  here 
at  the  inception  of  this  century  to 
recall  this  statement  as  many  of  you 
win  live  to  remember  that  prediction 
an  I  realize  in  the  after  days  the  fact 
that  this  twentieth  century  has  in 
store  a  future  and  a  destiny  for  those 
In  C  auada  that  many  of  you  can  now 
hardly  appreciate. 

AlreaJy  our  trade  has  gone  on 
by  leaps  and  bounds  and  In  the  last 
ten  years  it  has  doubled;  it  has  gone 
beyond  the  billion  dollar  mark;  and 
in  our  agricultural  possibilities,  had 
I  the  exact  information  at  hand,  which 
my  friend,  the  distinguished  Mayor  of 
Winnipeg  knows.  I  think  I  could  open 
your  eyes  quite  a  little  bit  wider  as 
to  the  tremendous  possibilities  In 
store  for  us.  and  the  wonderful  future 
development  that  is  to  be  ours  in 
those  western  prairies,  with  their  Il- 
limitable production  in  grain  and 
wheat  and  all  those  things  which  are 
regarded  by  men  of  other  nations  aa 
essential  to  the  needs  of  their  people. 

Population  Doubled  In  Twelve  Years. 


You  may  say  to  me  that  our  popula- 
tion is  too  small,  that  It  is  only  eight 
millions.  I  want  to  remind  you  that 
that  population  has  doubled  in  the 
last  twelve  .vears.     And  let  me  also 


my  to  you.  my  frionils.  fhof  on  nrrniml 
of  llii«  fiici  Ihiil  our  |>o|Miltillon  Is 
Mniiill  you  must  not  roRnril  us  wllli 
Inillfrprpnrc. 

I-et  mf«  recull  to  you  ttio  fact  that  nil 
thp  HHtions  of  fhp  world  whlcti  hnvo 
Ipft  their  Impress  throuKh  history  nn-l 
throuKh  timo  to  the  preront  ('ay  havo 
bcfn  thp  Kmaltor  n:itionH;  was  It  the 
wealth  of  CliaHpa  anil  K^ypt  which 
pave  to  the  world  in  after  days  those 
thlnirs  which  lived  and  were  not  for- 
icotten?  Is  It  not  a  fact  that  the 
world  owes  a  debt— whlcn  lanf^uaKO  is 
utterly  Inadequate  to  exprens.  not  as 
rejcards  condUlons  of  wealth  or  pop- 
ulation—to Judea  for  the  religion 
which  dominates  the  world.  If 
population  Is  the  only  standard  for 
the  iudgmcrit  of  the  prosperity  or 
preatness  of  a  nation,  then  China  1» 
the  greatest  nation  In  the  world.  IT 
you  want  to  see  what  the  little  nations 
have  given  to  the  world,  go  through 
your  history  to  little  Athens  and  you 
will  find  their  civilization  don-'  .atlng 
the  world  tot!ay:  just  as  If  vou  go  to 
Rome  you  will  find  we  got  from  there 
the  jurisprudence  that  governs  the 
world  today  co-ordinately  with  that 
equally  great  Anglo-Saxon  jurispru- 
dence. And  we  look  forward  with  con- 
fidence and  certainty  to  the  roaliza- 
tlon  of  the  fact  that  our  nugnificont 
resources  of  all  klnrls  will,  vhtn  peaco 
shall  once  more  come  to  this  vorld,  at- 
tract the  appreciation  of  the  men  (  ! 
the  older  nations,  and  Immigration 
will  come  to  Canada  in  such  numbers 
that  in  the  after  days  we  will  have  ;i 
fully  equal  half  of  this  great  continent. 

No  ClaHseN  in  Canada. 

Vou  men  of  the  South  l)na?.t  of  t'lo 
fact  that  the  founders  of  this  country 
In  your  Declaration  of  Independence 
asserted  that  all  men  are  born  free 
and  equal.  Let  me  say  to  you  that 
we  in  Canada  have  not  imported  Into 
our  land  any  of  the  class  distinctions 
which  are  to  be  found  where  feudal- 
ism reigns.  A  man  may  be  born, 
through  wealth  or  some  other  cause. 
In  a  magnificent  castle,  overlooking 
half  a  county;  far  down  in  the  valley 
in  the  quiet  home  of  a  farmer  in  our 
land  there  may  spring  forth  a  boy 
from  the  loins  of  the  agricultural  lab- 
orer who,  it  is  our  proud  boast,  has 
the  right  to  win,  and  has,  in  our  land, 
won    the   same   dl  tinction,   and   even 


grontor  disfuictlnn.  than  has  come  to 
lilm  who  was  lH)rn  In  the  raHtle,  with 
all  the  favored  opportunities  surround- 
ing him. 

I   want  to  remind  you  again  of  the 
fact    because    I    find   wherever    I   visit 
throughout  your  great  country  a  curi- 
ous conception  as  to  the  conditions  of 
government   with  us.     I   want  to  say 
to  you  In  all   frankness  that  we  men 
in  the  northern  clime  have  a  greater 
freedom  of  government  than   •     to  be 
four  '    In    your    great    country.      You 
elec        president  on  the  first  Tuesday 
in  November.     When  does  he  take  of- 
fice?    March    of    the    following    year. 
You   elect  congressmen   in    November 
as    ex-Speaker    Cannon    was    elected 
in     November,  1914;     when     do    they 
have     the    right    to    speak     for    "ju 
in      your      parliament?        Not      ur.cll 
the      following      November. — a     year 
afterwards,      unless      perchance     the 
president    sees    fit    to    call    a    special 
session    of    congress.      With    us    the 
donffnant  party  of  the  d...-  only  holds 
office  so  long  as  It  Is  able  to  command 
a  majority  in  the  House  of  Commons; 
and  when  it  goes  to  the  people,  from 
whatsoever  cause,  to  ask  them  for  re- 
newed  confidence,   if  on   election   day 
it   failr    to   obtain   a   majority   of   the 
electoral    representatives   of   the   peo- 
ple, inside  of  two  weeks  the  people's 
will  is  effective  and  they  do  not  have 
to  wait  until  the  4th  of  ?^arch  or  the 
-•th  of  November  following  to  put  it 
into   effect.     The   reason   of  the   suc- 
cess  of  our  system  is  that   we   have 
followed    the   experience   of   the   con- 
stitutional government  of  the  Anglo- 
Sa.xou  race  for  all  the  years  and  that 
constitution  has  been  produced  by  pre- 
celent  based  upon  precedent.  We  have 
an    iiit;titution    of    government    w' ich 
has   Ktood   the   test  of  centuries,   and 
today  we  have  the  fullest  measure  of 
liberty  for  the  people,  the  plain  peo- 
ple ol  our  land,  accompanied  at  all 
times  with  a  strong     executive     that 
every  moment  responds  to  the  neople's 
will  during  their  holding  of  cfice. 

'^Canada  Is  Free." 

So,  sir,  let  me  say  to  you  that  as 
the  result  of  these  conditions  and  as 
a  result  of  the  natural  inheritance  and 
pos.slbllities  that  have  come  to  us, 
there  is  not  today  a  breeze  thr.t  blows 
over  our  fair  land,  stretching  as  It 
does  from  one  ocean  to  the  other  and 


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KfimtiT  In  oxtorU  thnn  thlw  Rrrat  r<- 
l.'ihtti  iif  yi)iirs.  of  which  ydii  .iro  ko 
prnuil.  Ihul  doos  not  btnr  with  It  th.* 
,.,h')  oi  '•  ■  "o  which  culls  to  pvcry 
""»  of  o  •  to  have  prido  in  \in 

poHslbilii  .|.  utmost  conlldfn«-.' 

In  Its  future.  That  idea  hus  hocn  well 
••xproHHod  in  •'  ♦  rcKurd  l»y  ont-  of 
our  Canadian  p^.  «,  who.  wrItinK  upon 
the  subject,  satd: 

"There  Is  no  liind  like  our  land. 

When  ,  nilstreMs  of  our  own. 
We  lead  the  breed  of  empire 

To  Kuard  th"  ancient  throne. 
The  old  land  keeps  a  welcome, 

And  the  alien  frowns  to  .see. 
But  this  land  Is  our  land. 

And  Canada  i:s  free." 

That.  Mr.  Toastmaster,  and  Rentlemen, 
Is  where  this  great  Canadian  land 
stands  f)  which  I  am  so  proud  to  be- 
long. 

The  motherland  has  profited  more 
than  language  can  express  by  the  mis- 
take file  iiiiide  in  1776.  Enthralled 
with  foreign  wars,  with  state-men 
who,  for  the  time  being,  were-  oc- 
cupied with  problems  which  concern- 
ed the  fate  of  the  nation  at  its  center, 
every  man  of  British  blood  today  real- 
izes that  the  history  of  the  relations 
of  the  mother  country  with  the  United 
States  of  America,  her  greatest  col- 
ony at  that  time,  is  the  greatest  blot 
on  the  whole  '  "  (ory  of  the  British 
Kmplre.  But  w..  .1  the  relief  came 
after  the  wars  wt'-e  over,  and  the 
good  Queen  Victoria  canio  to  the 
throne,  with  her  long  i-eign  of  sixty 
years,  there  camo  a  time  when  a  great- 
er concention  as  to  the  .Mghts  and 
posKihiliiies  of  the  nation  over  seas 
was  born.  Thi.t  was  the  time  when 
statesmen  at  'he  council  net  who 
knew  the  seasons  when  to  tnke  occa- 
sion by  the  hand  and  make  tho;  bounds 
of  freedom  wider  yet.  and  so  it  was 
that  there  came  to  us  in  Canada  our 
right  of  responsible  government; 
where  our  free  parliament  can.  with- 
out any  veto  whatever  from  the  Im- 
perial representative,  legislate  in  ac- 
cordance with  whatever  the  Interests 
of  the  Canadian  people  may  be:  that 
was  the  ilRht  accorded  us  and  which 
we  enjoy,  and  that  policy  was  followed 
wherever  the  flag  flies.  Look  ut  South 
Africa,  whore  the  most  complete  meas- 
ure of  free  government  has  been  giv- 


en In  l!HHi  Oenernl  lloiha  led 
hie  nit  II  who  occupied  what  was  then 
II  republic  !•■  Sdiiih  Afrlta.  the  most 
Mir<»-i  lul  general  111  the  army  which 
toutrUt  araiiisl  (Jreal  Britain  then; 
iiiimeiliati  !y  after  the  wir  was  over 
there    was   k1v<ii   to  South    Africa   the 

Millie  fi Kovernnn-nt  that  vve  In  '.  an- 

u  la  enjoy.  Anil  today  on  that  great 
<  Miitinerii,  v\l,ere  ilie  Intere  its  of  our 
•tnplre  were  inipi  Uled  then,  who  i.s 
It  thar  leads  the  ..rniy  ol  our  nation 
against  the  foe'  Who  hut  this  nii':i 
who  only  (Iftee  short  year^  ago  might 
be  deemed  to  he  u  rebel  ailu  was  the 
niiiii  WHO  led  the  enemies  of  CJrea» 
Britain  ami  who  fought  aculnst  the 
empire  on  I  he  Held. 

.\iiierlcti  KIrol  iiiitl  l,Mi«t. 

I  want  to  say  to  you.  represent- 
ing as  you  do  this  (.pleiidid  nietro- 
polltan  city  of  the  middle  west,  a  city 
typic;  •  of  your  great  nation,  where 
cathered  here  from  all  part.-^^  of  the 
old  world  iiie  men  of  every  race  and 
speech,  where  you  >tre  perf(  P'^ng  u 
t.isk  of  buililliig  together  a  ,.  ity  of 
sentinieni  and  nalionai  splr'.  there 
slio'ihj  he  a  IVelliik'  that  lln'  men 
who  live  on  this  si;le  of  the 
water  sli.iuld  have  one  aim  In 
comrion.  no  matter  from  what  land 
Miey  ( onie  or  wl  at  speech  they  have 
learn<'(l.  and  shoulu  be  animated  by  the 
Idea  that  you  are  American^  always.  I 
earnestly  want  you  to  understand  what 
a  splendid  conception  of  government 
we  have  in  that  northern  country  of 
ours,  and  how  it  is  we  are  able  to 
govern  ourselves  as  we  do  and  to 
11  ok  forward  to  the  huild'ng  up  in  the 
northern  ha'  of  the  continent,  of  a 
nation  apart  from  but  friendly  to  your 
nation  with  just  as  much  freedom  and 
as  complete  representati-e  govern- 
ment as  you  tc  the  south  enjoy. 

No  Oiebration  in  Cuiiadu. 

But.  my  frie  .Is,  this  is  S..  Andrew's 
Day.  and  I  do  not  know  that  it  would 
Irr  ('  been  possible  for  me  to  have  ac- 
<'e,)ted  your  generoi:  invitation  to 
tome  I'.ere  were  it  not  lor  the  fact 
that  we  are  not  celebrating  St.  .\n- 
ilrew's  Day  in  Canada  this  year.  True 
you  liave  had  commemorative  :•  le- 
grams  from  St.  Andrew  Societies 
throughout  our  lanil,  as  .-cad  by  oui- 
Toaslmasttr  tonight,  but  from  Sydne/ 


?o<  r;?,Xl°«"J  |-«d<n«  ,he  band,  o? 

ror'r  arc*',  'Id;'  e?.;;  ':^r:^rZ  t; 

rtookInK  to  tho  BUndnrd.  and  thore  u 
..r»  „f  .  '  *  ■"'  f'^en  the  pleaR- 

otherwlHe  I  wr.d'^hat V^^' aTSo 
with  my  own  brother  Scotchmen    il^ 
oy»ng  the  «elobrat«on8  wh  oh Te  have' 

And    I    want  to  sav  to  vn     in   <i.i 
connection  that  we  1,';    "anaua    were 

Kn  .1     o   thlK    war:    It    w.s    not    u„tn 

(;a.mdianH  r  ,.  tSkt  ^a^'Lla„^ceffi 
rose  upon  this  .,uo8tlon.  And  so  w 
««  in  th..  old  days,  when     the     flory 

InTh/?/  .""T  »'«^<"«nd  to  hea-lland 
n  the  old  land  and  the  clanH  rallied 

-  ,  ^.?To"fl1h"/  '"!."•  '^hiefUIn 'a„1 
,.         """  to  nght  and  do  or  die    ho 

out  rZ'T  ^^l"  «°"«  '""h  thrmigh- 

"I    oin    cfcotland   are    rallv'rir    ♦#>    .i,- 
standard  and  goln^  forfrtolight  Z 
M?.'r    ^'^"^   '^"^y   believe    to    bo 
Mv  fHl"V  o"    "'  J"'''**"^  '^nd  freedom 
haH     S,*^'  '•"'  ™"y°'"'  ^"o  ««t8  by  me 
1,     ...''',    5"'"     ''<•     haH     two     bovR 

J^t  'Jo>.  has  donned  the  kilts  of 
hlH  ancestors  and  joined  a  Highland 
H*iS*"^  ^hich  was  formed  among  the 
^rl*  V"  o^^"  ^''0  had  been  the  follow! 
tll°lF''['"'^  ^"""e  and  which  wis 

«,,»„.r    .^V"  *be  front  inside  of  two 
tTCJ'fheVg^h^.^  '°'-  "^**  »»«  •>«»-" 


It    ■>.  ">*rv  iiMiM  men  wh')    i  H«y 

a  nation  which   wmiM  h„      *^'  *'•'"* 
evermore,  helped  tl at" "ve^hre 

Ha''nc;;Tav:  rd'.'^^T  ^^^  -"^ 


But  Not  Forced  to  Fight. 

tha^t"our7,"n«H.'^V°  y°"'  »y  "-'^nds. 
inai  our  Canadian  boys  are  not  eoine- 

because  somebody  has   told   °hem   to 


That,  my  friends,  was  the  feeiin- 
whlch  animated  your  %re«?  «!  ' 
when   your   men    fought  *a„T  died  "Jo 

«    fch    is   animating   the   youn»   ('«^ 

htr^rl!^  '  Germany  succeeded  in 
tuts  great  contest.  That  is  whv  m« 
friends,  the  Mayor's  boys  and  my  iSy 
have  gone  off;  they  owe  no  tribute  to 

to'go'Tt'  Hou^lV  """'^  ^«"^«™ 

u^^\\^^d%\rrwtF-°^^- 
tSu\r  rZTht^sL^riir^  zi 

""land    Ally    years    ago.    "We    «r« 

ardThou^i'r  ^•"•*'''""  thre?hS;! 

areu  thousand  strong."     So  we  r»Ti 
a  d'"o7tie'oTdrnd"^  "^  ^olnrto"^??; 

be  there  in  the  day  of  victory 

I     have     ventured     to     dwell     on 
this     subject     because     I    St"  .k"" 

fhTr'"^..**"     a     representative     S 
the  Canadian  people  here  in  this  great 

that  you  should  know  somethinar  of 
he  aspirations,  something  of  the  feel 
ngs  which  dominate  the  people  in 
that  great  nation  to  the  north  I  re" 
member  that  in  the  olden  dav«  L« 
were  spoken  of  as  a  colony;  Se'dayS 


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I 


unrtpr  thr  profc^n  of  conHtltutional  de- 
velopment  which    ramp    In    the    Vl«- 

«'nj..yi  (ortfcy  In  the  rmplre  In  not  that 
of  a  rolnny.  hut  In  .!,at  of  u  dominion 
In  an  cmplrn.  Mharl.iR  in  «'i|ual  rIghtH 
and  prIvllPBPH  alon*  with  AnHtralla. 
Mouth  Afrli  H.  and  th..  mother  land  It- 
■elf,  all  those  rIffhtN  and  prlvlle^.N 
wh  "h  Ko  u,  make  up  «  .omhlnatlon 
whtrh  forms  the  empire  of  whlrh  we 
are  JuKt  an  nniih  a  part  bh  are  the 
IslandN  of  (;reat  Britain  and  Ireland, 
from  whi'  h  our  forefatherN  rame. 

Natural  IVarr.lntrrN. 

I     am     (turn     thoNc     of     you     who 
»lve     „„     ,|,U     Amrrhan     rontlnent 
you      Scotchmen      who      Imvo      ,oni.- 
»nd  thrown  in  your  lot  hi-re  with  the 
peopl..  who  llv..  south  of  this  ImiiKln- 
'iry  line   f..rni."l   by  th..  St     Lawrenr.. 
mver  and  tho  (Jroat  Inkes.  who  renli/.. 
that    we   who  ii.      n.tfurally  a    p.iMo- 
lovtnR  people,  th.      we  have  a  ('rstlny 
lo  work  out.  a  futurr  to  ho  attained 
no  matfor  whether  our  nag  Ih  the  old 
"aK    of     Britain     or     the     Ktara     anrt 
stripes,  let  mc  fell  you  that  your  past 
'•H  a  nation  is  very  Hinillar  tr.  the  one 
that  was  wrought  out  by  the  nation 
w«  are  so  proud  to  be  associated  with 
The  men  who  forme'!  the  Aniflo-Saxon 
race  are  men  wlio  came  from  a  com- 
liosito  people;    they   were  Angles  and 
Saxons  and  Jutes  and  .Vormans-   they 
were  Welshmen.  Scotchmen.  Irishmen, 
all  of  them  welded  together  by  a  com- 
mon  language,   a   common    history,   a 
common  aspiration,  which  in  process 
of  time   went   to   make   up   the  great 
Anglo-Saxon  race  which  colonized  this 
continent    of    America    two    hundred 
years    ago    to    Virginia    and    Massa- 
chusetts.       Those      were      the      sons 
or     the     men     who     made     up     that 
composite    race    which    makes    what 
^•e     call      today     the     British      Em- 
pire;   the   task   of   welding   and    unit- 
"B  them  by  a  common  sentiment  and 
language  was  one  which  was  wrought 
out   by  our   forefathers   by   the     sub- 
orllnation  of  interests,  bv  the  Riving 
away  of  differences  an!  \vlping  out  of 
dividing    lines.      Here    in    the    I'nitcl 
States  of  America  you  have  the  same 
tjiHlc    your     fatliers     wrought    across 
the  oce!>n;    here  in  this  land  of  free- 
•  lom   you    have   men    who   came   fiom 
Great  Britain,  you  have  men  who  came 


from  all  partN  of  the  rontlnent  of  Ku- 
rope.     Np«>aklnR    different     language* 
coming  Into  your  great  cHles;  of  what 
UHc   will   your  future  b«.  unlesN  those 
men  forntet  the  lines  upon  which  they 
are  divided  acroNH  the  ocean      id  they 
get    t.wther   •  y     prtMess    of    time     to 
a    re».|lzatl<m    of    the      ict  that    their 
'Itny    lies    v  ith   the    land    that    In    the 
land  of  their   home   and   the   land   of 
their   children,   the    land    where    th 
have  come  to  make  a   livelihood.  an>. 
that    first    and   above   all.   the«r   duty 
must  Im.  with  that  land,  that  they  must 
be   Americans   first,   last   and   all    the 
time 


.Men  «r  K»prj  >a(iHnallt). 

So   we   In    (  nnnd.i     have    the    Name 
task;    we  are  only  r<  peatlnR  the   his- 
tory (.r  the  urii'.l   ■  iilon   from    which 
your    laiiKuai'e    i         ours    has    come 
we  have  got  men  i.f  every  nationality, 
.lust    as    you    have;    wo    have    got    the 
FrcM,!,  ,n  gueliee  who  are  Inj-plred  bv 
•  hr-    nuniories   of   .mmny    F'rance.   anil 
who  speak  that  languuKe  and  who  are 
anlmeted  by  the  same  aspirations  and 
afrected  by  all  the  considerations  that 
appeal    to    people   of   the   Gallic    race 
And  so  on  throughout  the  country  we 
have  men  of  all  nations  and  languages 
We  have  the  embryo  of  the  problem 
which   yru    have  yet   to  solve;    we   in 
Canada  are  watching  to  see  how  you 
will  solve  It.     If  the  men  who  come  to 
this    land    do    not    forg-^i    their     old 
prejudices,  do  not   realize  what  their 
duty  is,  as  I  trust  all  you  Scotchmen 
have  done,   to  give  allegiance   to   the 
land    where   their   home   is.    I    say.   If 
they   have   not   done   that,  then   these 
great  Tnited  States    will    have    failed 
In  their  mission  and  you  will  not  have 
that  unity  which  is  so  vitally  neces- 
sary to  make  of  your  country    what" 
you  would  wish  it  to  be.     We  in  Can- 
ada are  working  out  the  Fame  prob- 
lem   with    our    diversified    races    and 
religions   scattered   all  over  our   vast 
country:  we  are  hoping  and  believing 
that  as  the  days  go  by  there  will   be 
that  unity  of  sentiment,  so  that  a  man 
no  matter  from  what  province  or  state 
he   comes,    no   matter   how    proud    he 
may     be     of     his     ancestry,     will     be 
proud  lirst  of  all  that  he  is  a  son  of 
Caua'a.    livinj;    in    and    doing    all    ho 
«:"n   to  build   up  the  ("anadiaii   nation, 
ir  we  can  nc-impiish  that  this  war 
will    not    have    been    in    vain;    justice 


and  frecrlom  as  wr  understand  it.  and 
ns  you  men  in  tiie  United  States  under- 
itand  it,  must  win  in  tliis  conflict; 
that  is  as  certain  as  tliat  the  verities 
"f  truth  and  faith  will  ultimately  pre- 
Miil.  This  tw;^nliotli  century  does  not 
I'-ook  the  continuance  of  an  autocracy 
it  alnst  the  povernn-ent  of  a  free  peo- 
?!''•  anywhere  on  this  e.-iith.  And,  my 
friends,  when  Canada's  sons  shall  liave 
come  hon.e  p.^ain  we  win  believe  that 
the  ahf^ent  ones  will  not  have  dlel  in 
vain,  those  of  them  who  will  have  left 
their  hones  in  Flankers,  or  the  "„i!- 
kans.  or  the  Dardanelles.  After  your 
c'vil  War  wa.-;  over  your  country  ha-I 
a  revival  of  patriotism,  a  stronirer 
realization  of  what  1Iie  verities  wen-, 
of  what  the  necessities  of  nationhool 
were,  an-!  as  for  tliiity  years  you  ha-l 
the  march  of  that  marvelous  prosrress 
which  has  made  yours  almost  the 
Kre^test  nation  in  tho  worh'  to  lay. 
because  \-our  people  vere  inspired  by 
a  nev,-  frecvjom  anil  a  renlization  of 
what  your  rights  and  possibilitii'- 
were,  just  as  l/ncoln  outlined  them 
almost  at  the  in  :>tion  of  t'le  war. 
so  we  in  Canada  look  for  and  believe 
that  after  this  conflict  is  over,  when 
tho  battle  flairs  are  fur'ed  and  the 
boys  come  home  again,  that  in  on- 
land    there    vil!     be     a     deeper    rea'- 


priviieces     whu'ii 


izat'on  of  those 
iiave  cenie  to  us  almost  un- 
souRht.  without  dilTicr.lties  such  as 
existed  in  your  country  before  your 
fre(>  om  was  atlaineri,  f -r  ours,  iiave 
come  alone;  almost  without  a  realiza- 
tion that  thoy  arrived  and  a  develop- 
ment wliich  will  even  exceed  your 
splendid  progress.  The  war  will  bring 
a  deeper  appreciation  of  those  things 
anfl  T  hope  and  believe  that  the  senti- 
ments; which  were  expres.-ed  by  your 
great  president  in  his  second  inaugur- 
al addre;;s  which  he  gave  at  Washing- 
ton only  a  short  time  before  the  as- 
sassination, when  the  world  and  your 
country  were  deprived  ;/f  his  .rjreat 
services,  are  those  which  will  domin- 
ate our  people  when  this  terrible  war 
is  over.  Lincoln  then  said  that  tho 
duty  of  the  American  people  "was 
"malice  toward  none,  with  charity  to- 
"ward  all,  with  firmness  in  the  fight 
"as  God  gives  us  to  see  the  right;  let 
"us  strive  to  finisa  the  work  we  are 
"in,  to  bind  up  the  nation's  wounds, 
"to  care  for  him  who  has  borne  the 
"battle  and  for  bis  widow  and  for  bis 


"orphans,  to  do  all  tbat  we  may 
"achieve  a  just  and  lasting  peace 
"anioHK  ourselves  and  with  all  na- 
"tions." 

I'niiid  of  Anirlo-MaxoiiN. 

That  will  be  the  set  purpose  of  the 
proat  nation  to  the  north,  to  which 
1  am  so  proud  to  belouB.  And  I  would 
say  to  you  again,  speaking  the  same 
laiifniage  tliat  I  do,  cherishing  as  we 
do  tlip  l.'nguage  and  history  of  the 
Anglo-Saxon  race  from  Boadicca  down 
to  Goorire  V.  animated  by  the  memory 
of  the  glorious  men  who  fought  and 
(lied  ill  tlie  intervening  period,  glory- 
ing in  all  the  literature  and  all  the 
arts  and  the  distinctions  which  have 
boin  won  by  that  race  during  all  that 
I)(!rio:l.  we  in  the  north,  reading  as  we 
do  your  Longfellow  and  your  Whittier, 
their  poems  and  songs  are  found 
in  our  sdiools  and  are  read  by  our 
clii^ldren  an;l  are  gloried  in  as  among 
tne  most  ^■pU'nriid  achievements  of  tlie 
Knglii-h  Innguage,  and  studying  as  we 
have  in  the  north  the  utterances  of 
your  gveat  statesmen  and  cherishing 
their  wonderful  orations,  from  Web- 
ster to  Mr.'ivinley,  I  hope  that  these 
two  great  nations  lying  sidt  by  side 
will  ever  vie  with  each  other  in  the 
cause  of  peace,  that  we  will  march 
along  tlie  path  of  time,  each  within 
our  ov.i'.  sphere,  each  seeking  for  that 
whicli  \:\  gool  within  the  other,  and 
each  admiring  that  which  is  best  in 
the  other.  If  we  do  that  we  will  in  the 
end  be  able  to  hasten  the  realization 
of  the  time  spoken  o2  by  that  great 
Scottish  poet,  whose  songs  and  words 
are  sung  and  spoken  wherever  Scotch- 
men be: 


"When  man  to  man  the  world  o'er, 
Shall  brithers  be  for  a.'  that." 


